Hello Kitty murder to the Jars Killer: five of Hong Kong’s most gruesome crimes

From the Jars Killer to the Braemar Hill murders, the Hello Kitty murder and more recently the parent killer, the city has witnessed some shocking and gruesome deaths

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Published: 5:45am, 15 Sep 2015Updated: 2:49pm, 18 Aug 2017

A police officer carries the Hello Kitty doll, into which victim Fan Man-yee's head was stuffed, from the High Court during the trial of her killers. Photos: SCMP Pictures

Hong Kong is known as one of the safest cities in the world, but it has had its share of sensational crimes. Here are five cases that have seized public attention since the 1980s.

Also known as the rainy night killer, night-shift taxi driver Lam Kor-wan murdered four women in the 1980s after picking them up as passengers on wet evenings. He strangled them, took photos of their nude bodies, dismembered them and preserved the parts in containers at home. Lam was arrested in 1982 when a photo technician noticed a severed breast among the images Lam sent to be developed. His death sentence was later commuted to life in prison.

READ: Inside the mind of Hong Kong serial killer known as the Jars Killer, 35 years after his arrest

1985: Two defendants on trial for the murder of two Island School students in Braemar Hill are escorted to the crime scene under close guard accompanied by the trial judge and jury.

1985: Police search a hillside for clues to the Braemar Hill murders.

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Hello Kitty murder to the Jars Killer: five of Hong Kong’s most gruesome crimes

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.css-jfmysa{display:inline;word-break:break-word;}.css-1ankfgb{cursor:pointer;display:inline;word-break:break-word;}READ: Inside the mind of Hong Kong serial killer known as the Jars Killer, 35 years after his arrest

From the Jars Killer to the Braemar Hill murders, the Hello Kitty murder and more recently the parent killer, the city has witnessed some shocking and gruesome deaths

READ: Inside the mind of Hong Kong serial killer known as the Jars Killer, 35 years after his arrest